Capital Flow 32
Transferring Your Data to a New Computer
If you purchase a new computer, it is possible to transfer your existing
settings for Capital Flow 32 to the new computer with a few steps. There
are really only two items that need to be copied from the old computer to the
new:
- The "C:\program files\data"
directory (assuming Capital Flow was installed in the default directory).
This directory contains your data and symbol database, as well as OFI and
LDB data. It is the only one of the two that is essential to the copy
process.
- The file "C:\program
files\capflow32\capflow32.ini". This file contains your User ID
setting and other easily re-creatable settings and is not essential.
If you have support personnel in your office, or you are familiar with
transferring files from one machine to another, this may be all the information
you need. If not, read further.
For more detailed explanations of the process, please follow the
directions below according to your particular situation:
Case 1:
Old Computer: Computer on the same network as the new computer.
New Computer: Computer on the same network as the old computer.
This is the easiest case. It involves copying the directory and file
mentioned above from the old computer to the new computer. The only common
pitfall is to remember to copy the "Data" directory and
"capflow32.ini" file from the old computer to the new computer "C:\program
files\capflow32" directory. A common mistake is to copy them to the
"Data" subdirectory, which gives you something like "C:\program
files\capflow32\data\data" (two levels of "Data"
directories), which will not work.
Case 2:
Old Computer: CD burner (writer) on machine.
New Computer: CD reader on machine.
Put a blank CD-R disk in your CD burner on the old machine. Then, using your
CD burner software (or just Windows, if you have Windows XP on this machine)
burn a CD with the following data:
Directory "C:\program
files\capflow32\data" (the entire directory - this is your actual data)
The file "C:\program
files\capflow32\capflow32.ini" (this is your settings file, and not
essential)
Now go to the new computer and put the burned CD into your CD drive. Copy the
data folder on this disk into your "C:\program
files\capflow32" directory (note do NOT copy it to the data
subdirectory). Then copy the "capflow.ini" file to the same directory.
The final part to the process is to set the files to be readable (normally on
a CD-R disk the files are marked as "read-only"). Go to your Windows
Explorer and go the the "C:\program
files\capflow32" directory and open it (so the contained files are in
the right window). Now click your mouse in this window on a blank area to the
right of any file (to select the window as active). Press Control-A to highlight
all the files, and continue to hold down the control key while right clicking
with the mouse to get a context menu. Select "Properties" at the
bottom of the menu. If the "Read Only" box is selected, clear the
check and hit the OK button. You may be asked if you want the process to apply
to sub-directories or folders - select YES and the process should complete.
Your new computer should now have the same data as your old computer.
Case 3:
Old Computer: NO CD burner, computer NOT on a network. Computer DOES have
internet access.
New Computer: Computer DOES have internet access.
This case involves using resources that you may have to ask your network or
ISP administrator for assistance in using. Basically it involves compressing the
"Data" directory and the "capflow32.ini" file to a
"zip" file and sending the compressed file to an FTP server, or as a
last resort to an email address that can be accessed by the new machine. Be
aware that sending large files by email could overflow your email space limit
and require you to ask your ISP to reset your account or delete the file
manually.
First step involves compressing the file and directory to a compressed file.
If you have Windows XP, you can do this just by right clicking on the file and
directory mentioned at the beginning of this page and selecting "Send to
Compressed Folder". If you do not have Windows XP you will have to
use a file compression program such as WinZip, available from http://www.winzip.com.
It is beyond the scope of this article to describe how to use WinZip, but it is
fairly easy and you should create a compressed file with the directory "C:\program
files\capflow32\data" and the file "C:\program
files\capflow32\capflow32.ini". Be sure to create the file in a
location that is easy to remember - to save typing it is usually best to create
it in the root directory, so the file would be named something like "C:\myzipfile.zip".
Now to get the file to the new machine, if you have access to a public FTP
server, you can upload the file just created to the server, then download it on
the new machine. If you do not have FTP access, you can try emailing the file,
but remember this may temporarily kill your email service.
Once the zipped (compressed) file is on the new machine, unzip it to the
folder "C:\program
files\capflow32" and this should complete the process. The new machine
should now have identical data to the old computer.
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